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Hello.
I have a Thomson TG787 bbox.
I disabled the DHCP service because I heard it would improve online gaming quality; looking at the interface, I thought it wouldn't change anything major, big mistake. :/
While doing some digging, I read that it was an IP issue and that I should change them manually, but how? And with what settings? My current IP starts with 168.x...
Or how can I reactivate the DHCP service?
Thanks.
Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 12.0
I have a Thomson TG787 bbox.
I disabled the DHCP service because I heard it would improve online gaming quality; looking at the interface, I thought it wouldn't change anything major, big mistake. :/
While doing some digging, I read that it was an IP issue and that I should change them manually, but how? And with what settings? My current IP starts with 168.x...
Or how can I reactivate the DHCP service?
Thanks.
Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 12.0
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Hello,
To reactivate DHCP, just repeat what you did to disable it; I can't tell you better than that.
Then, DHCP is not essential; you can set a static IP address for your PC or console.
For example:
IP address: 192.168.1.20
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
Primary DNS: 192.168.1.1
Secondary DNS:
To reactivate DHCP, just repeat what you did to disable it; I can't tell you better than that.
Then, DHCP is not essential; you can set a static IP address for your PC or console.
For example:
IP address: 192.168.1.20
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
Primary DNS: 192.168.1.1
Secondary DNS:
Poorly chosen example: The Bbox is at 192.168.1.254, and for host addresses, it’s better to use 192.168.1.101 and onwards.
yes, the administration interface is at 192.168.1.254 but not necessarily the gateway, I don't have a bbox on hand to check so I trust you
could you explain why the host addresses start from 192.168.1.101?
The DHCP pool ranges from 1 to 100 by default. To assign a static IP address to a host, you need to choose a free address outside the pool. This will avoid any risk of address conflict the day boubsy reactivates the DHCP server (which I recommend he does).